Added charges for Ewing standoff suspect

EWING — Jeremy Detorres, the Florida man who allegedly held a gun to his head during a standoff in the township Wednesday, was on his way to Canada when Pennsylvania state troopers tried to pull him over in Lower Makefield Township that afternoon, New Jersey State Police said yesterday.

Detorres, who was allegedly traveling at excessive speed on Interstate 95, had a Glock handgun and marijuana in the car, but no outstanding warrants for his arrest, New Jersey State Police trooper Chris Kay said. The car Detorres was driving was not registered to him, but was not stolen, Kay said.

Pennsylvania troopers pursued Detorres before he crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey.

Detorres got off at Bear Tavern Road, drove to the grounds of the minimum security correctional facility Jones Farm, and stopped beneath a water tower.

When troopers and Ewing officers tried to approach the car, Detorres pulled out a handgun and put it to his head, authorities said.

After a four-hour standoff, he gave up and was taken into custody.

Detorres was initially charged with possession of a weapon, but three new charges were lodged against him yesterday. He now faces possession of hollow-point bullets, being a person prohibited from possessing a weapon, and possession of marijuana under 50 grams.

After a psychological evaluation at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Detorres was taken to the Mercer County Correction Center, where he remains on $100,000 bail.

The SUV Detorres was driving was impounded by troopers, who are awaiting a warrant to search it, Kay said.

Detorres also faces charges in Pennsylvania for his alleged flight there.

He will be charged with felony fleeing, eluding, and “summary traffic violations,” the Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.